阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Her small hand seemed lost in Grandma's as they walked along the road leading back home.

"Shall we rest for a 36　 ? It's too hot!" the young girl said. "Let's 　37　 over there under the tree." Grandma said. Resting under the tree, they　 38 a butterfly nearby. "Do butterflies feel hot?" she asked.

Grandma thought for a while and said, "I think they keep very 　 39　 ."

"I wish I were a butterfly," the child said. Then she began to flap (拍动) her 　40　 . "But that takes a lot of work!"

"You wish for a lot of things, child," Grandma said.

"Yes, I do. " she said. "I wish I had 　 41　 I wanted."

"Do you get all your wish for all the time?" Grandma asked.

"No, I wish for a lot __42__ nothing happens," she said. "How I wish that Johnny Jeffries would stay at home 　　43　 school!" "What happened to him?" Grandma asked.

"Ah, his grandma died …"she stopped suddenly and　 44　 her grandma when her eyes were 　 45　 with tears.

"Grandma," she tried to finish. "I wish that you would never …" Grandma held her. She never said a word 　46　 the young girl stopped. Then Grandma said with a smile, "Dear, sometimes in our life 　47　 don't come true, but it doesn't mean life isn't wonderful. If you want something, work for it and wish for it."

"Then 　 48　 do I work to keep you around forever?" the young child asked.

"Keep loving me, and don't waste time wishing." They hugged (拥抱)　 49　 again and continued on the road towards home.

Life is a　 50　 that always leads home. Love it and work for it.

36. A. week　　　 B. time　　　　　 C. while　　　　 D. day

37. A. lie　　　　 B. sit　　　　　　 C. sleep　　　　 D. wait

38. A. noticed　　 B. heard　　　　　 C. smelt　　　　 D. felt

39. A. hot　　　 B. cold　　　　　　 C. cool　　　　 D. warm

40. A. legs　　　 B. feet　　　　　　 C. ears　　　　 D. arms

41. A. everything　 B. everyone　　　　 C. something　　 D. someone

42. A. and　　　　 B. but　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　 D. or

43. A. because of 　　B. instead of　　　 C. full of　　　 D. in front of

44. A. looked for　 B. looked after　　　 C. looked over　 D. looked at

45. A. angry　　　 B. busy　　　　　　 C. filled　　　　 D. strict

46. A. until　　　 B. after　　　　　　 C. when　　　　 D. because

47. A. words　　　 B. days　　　　　　 C. wishes　　　 D. lives

48. A. what　　　 B. when　　　　　　 C. where　　　 D. how

49. A. the other　　 B. each other　　　　 C. the others　　 D. each one

50. A.hill　　　　 B. road　　　　　　 C. river　　　　 D. lake

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways.

The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products. Trees provide man and animals with food to live on the earth. It’s not easy for man to live on the earth without trees.

The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people are eager to (急于) have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.

The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts and floods. However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized the third important way. He has cut trees down in large numbers. In the end, he finds that he has lost the best friends he had.

根据短文内容填空，每空一词。

1.Trees give food to _____ man _____ animals.

2.Trees are _____ and _____ to man.

3.On a _____ summer day, if we sit under the _____ of a tree, we can feel quite cool.

4.In many parts of the world, man has not realized that trees help to prevent _____ and _____.

5.If we don’t want to lose our best friends—trees, we must stop others from _____ _____ too many of them.